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I once heard you shouldn't boil water for coffee or tea--do you know anything about that? It has something to do with taking oxygen out of the water, and thus the brew isn't as good. Another rumor is that it is best to make coffee from cold water. What do you think?

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Specialty Roast

Coffee Specs

Grade	Specialty
Category	Invalsa Superior, Better (AA)
Screen	16
Altitude Grown	Above 4,000 feet
Cupping Scores	80 (Minimum), Range: 80.5 - 83.5

Sample Cupping Score from our Head Cupper

Aroma	5.5	Flavor	6
Sweetness	6	Aftertaste	5.5
Acidity	5.5	Balance	5.5
Body	5.5	Overall	5.5
		Total	45
Total Score	36+45		81/100

Comments: Citric sweet chocolate, creamy body, good flavor, nice acidity, clean finish, vanilla chocolate, well balanced, orange tones.

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This is our Specialty Roast for the special occasion or for the discerning coffee drinker. This is unblended, single-terroir coffee. Our Specialty Roast is artisan-roasted from professionally graded and cupped, specialty Bolivian green coffee beans. These vacuum-packed at origin coffee beans are 100% Arabica (Tipica 85%, Caturra 15%) and came from the high-altitude Colonia Challamayo in the Caranavi region of Bolivia. They were processed by the PROAGRO Cooperative. They were shade-grown, depulped and washed using pure Andes glacier-melt water, sun-dried on wooden table tops and hand selected by "Palliris" (Aymara Indian women food graders).

We will custom roast these beans for you and send them in heat-sealed, foil bags with a one-way air valve, which lets the CO2 out, but not the air in. This is significantly more expensive than the standard Kraft paper coffee bags available in the supermarket and most coffee shops, but it maintains the high-quality of our roasted coffee. Unless you tell us otherwise, we will roast these coffee beans to the level that our Roastmaster judges best for the type, density and crop-year of the bean. Enjoy our coffee!

Because of its flavor and aroma (see cupping notes above) we prefer a moderately dark (#45 Agtron/SCCA) roast for these coffee beans. However, we can custom-roast them to your taste (light, medium or dark). We are fanatics about green coffee quality, roast freshness and, ultimately, coffee flavor. We only sell what we drink. We are importers of high-quality Bolivian coffee and distributors coffee roasting and brewing equipment.

These coffee beans are certified by BioLatina (an USDA agent). They have also been certified by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center as "Bird-Friendly®". Copies of all our certificates are available at our website. Hard copies are available, upon request, for wholesale orders.

If you are serious about your coffee (as we are!), buy roasted coffee whole bean (in our opinion, buying whole bean is the only way to buy roasted coffee). We suggest that you get a burr coffee grinder, specially if you want to make Espresso.. A burr coffee grinder is good for all kinds of coffee brewing methods. Some people, however, cannot afford (or do not want to spend the money) for a burr coffee grinder, so they buy a blade grinder. A blade grinder is fine for drip coffee makers (what most Americans use) and French Pots, but it is not good for Espresso. We have a nice selection coffee grinders (both blade and burr) in all price categories. Please check them out under the "Coffee Gear" button.

If you would like to experiment with your own coffee roasting at home, please visit our other, secure online store, Invalsa Coffee for green coffee and home coffee roasting equipment.